Title :
Emergency department generalized flexible simulation model
Author :
Facchin, Paola ; Rizzato, Elena ; Romanin-Jacur, Giorgio
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Paediatrics, Univ. of Padova, Padova, Italy
Abstract :
The Emergency Department is a very complex framework; a model which simulates this service requires a large amount of time to be built and implemented. In this paper a generalized flexible model has been built up in respect to all common structural and functional characteristics of every actual emergency room. This simulation model can be easily adapted to several emergency departments by means of few appropriate changes in the model frame, in parameters and obviously in data.
Keywords :
discrete event simulation; hospitals; discrete event simulation; emergency department; emergency room; generalized flexible simulation model; Analytical models; Disaster management; Electronic mail; Emergency services; Engineering management; Hospitals; Injuries; Medical simulation; Pediatrics; Testing; Discrete Event Simulation; Emergency Department;
Conference_Titel :
Health Care Management (WHCM), 2010 IEEE Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Venice
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4997-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4998-9
DOI :
10.1109/WHCM.2010.5441240